Obama Leads in Texas County Caucus

AUSTIN - The presidential contest in Texas appeared to tighten with weekend Democratic caucuses as Barack Obama led Hillary Clinton in incomplete county and senate district convention results.

Obama won 2,426 delegates to the state convention, or 58 percent, in the Saturday caucuses, compared with 1,755 delegates, or 42 percent, for Clinton, according to an ongoing count by The Associated Press. There were still more than 3,100 others to be counted.

Obama’s campaign predicted he would win the overall delegate race in Texas because of caucus support. Clinton narrowly won the popular vote in primary balloting March 4.

The caucus delegates ultimately will be winnowed and divvied up in June.